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| Byline | Expertise | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Adler-Bolton | Media, Pop Culture, Medicine, Art, Politics, Ethics, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability | Artist, writer and host of the Death Panel podcast. Co-author of "Health Communism" forthcoming Fall '22 from Verso Books. |
| Brandy | Pop Culture, Books, Poetry, Fiction, Politics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Americans with Disabilities Act, Food, Feminism, Race, Disability, Lifestyle | I am a Chicana/Latina with a mix of intersectional specialties that I love to write, talk, critique, etc. |
| Julia Metraux | Media, Pop Culture, Ethics, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Feminism, Disability | Julia Métraux is a health and culture writer whose work has appeared in Narratively, The Tempest, BUST, and Poynter. |
| Jshirls | Media, Law, Music, Politics, Ethics, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Religion, Disability | I'm a Jewish, Autistic truck driver, Aquarius |
| Adriana White | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Fiction, Education, Race, Disability | Adriana White is an autistic librarian, former special education teacher, and writer. After being diagnosed with autism in her 30s, she now advocates for more autism-friendly schools and libraries. Adriana has earned Master’s degrees in Education and Information Science, with specializations in Special Education and Storytelling, respectively. She is also a big supporter of #OwnVoices books by autistic authors, and thinks that every library should include them! |
| Adam F. Naughton | Politics, Philosophy, Sports, Disability Rights, History, Criticism, Americans with Disabilities Act, Disability | Adam F. Naughton is a former Republican political hack turned Socialist crip crusader. Born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, he is a lifelong wheelchair user and recovering MDA poster child. A 2006 graduate of Georgia Southern University, he has an extensive background in PR and communications. In the spring of 2020 he began the #NotYourInspiration project to organize and agitate for disability liberation. He currently lives with his wife and two children in the occupied Cherokee lands now referred to as the midlands of south carolina. |
| Jason Herterich | Media, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Disability, Relationships, Lifestyle | Jason Herterich is a chronically ill and disabled podcast producer residing in Toronto, Canada. He is the host and creator of Discomfort Zone, a podcast featuring narrative-driven stories on chronic illness, disability, and mental health. He is an advisor for D-Next Accessible Media lab, a lab dedicated to training and supporting emerging media artists with disabilities to produce stories on disability. He is also a co-host on Invisible Not Broken, a podcast featuring roundtable discussions on chronic illness and disability, and a past guest on many chronic illness podcasts. |
| Sarah Cavar | Media, Pop Culture, Books, Poetry, Fiction, Music, Philosophy, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, Criticism, Education, Food, Feminism, LGBQT, Disability, Relationships, Sexuality, Travel, Lifestyle | Sarah Cavar (b. 1998) is a queer, trans, Mad, multiply-disabled and neurodivergent student/writer. A survivor of medical/psychiatric violence, they have been writing and organizing for trans disability justice since 2016. They received their B.A. in critical social thought from Mount Holyoke College in 2020 and are now pursuing a PhD in cultural studies at UC Davis. |
| Madeline Carter | Media | Madeline Carter is a student of photojournalism at the University of Missouri. She is currently a freelance photojournalist and reporter available for assignment anywhere in the US. |
| Donnie TC Denome | Sciences, Poetry, Disability Culture, Accessibility, Disability Rights, LGBQT, Sexuality | Donnie TC Denome (they/them) is a freelance graphic designer and journalist with a focus on autistic identity, AAC usage, LGBTQ issues, and public health. |